NO, 



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OBSERVATIONS. 



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' m horiz. ^ m horiz. ^ Thick banks of cloud round the horiz. * At 3.30 a.m. the moon had tvFO mock- 

 moons, looking like indistinct bands of light one on each side, at a distance of about 15° and also a patch of 

 light up towards the zenith at the same distance. A narrow vertical bright band above and below the moon. 

 ' At 4 a. m. only the vertical-band visible. * (B and a small margin of light round the moon and also a vertical 

 band down to the horiz. ' QJ QJ. vertical strip above and below, and two faint mock-moons. ^ Q]. ° Strong 

 light i n the form of a hay-cock over the horiz. below the moon. ' " 5.30 and 6 p. m. A solid shining bank 

 on the horiz. below the moon. " d). 



